Dietitian - Full Time - Outpatient Cardiovascular Clinic

Sanford Health•Sioux Falls, SD

5d•$26 - $42

About The Position

Sanford Health is one of the largest and fastest-growing not-for-profit health systems in the United States. We’re proud to offer many development and advancement opportunities to our nearly 50,000 members of the Sanford Family who are dedicated to the work of health and healing across our broad footprint. This specialty clinic dietitian will offer primarily diet education via telephone consult for PCI and HF patients. This dietitian will also play an integral role in helping to build/implement a group nutrition class for PCI and HF patients to allow us to reach more of our heart patients after discharge from the hospital. Come join a dynamic and energized group of Sanford Dietitians! We are hiring for a 32 weekly hours full time dietitian, who will be covering the cardiovascular clinic. No holidays, no weekends. We have a large team of specialized dietitians that are embedded throughout the Sanford Medical Center campus and we are continually expanding our services. If you are interested in learning more, we would love to review your application. Plans, develops, and provides diet interventions, medical nutrition therapy, nutrition care and preventive counseling to individuals and groups in all areas of primary and specialty patient care, out-patient, and/or community settings. Provides medical nutrition therapy services and monitors nutritional care of adult and geriatric clients as assigned. This includes determination of nutritional status through nutritional assessment, individualized care plans, provider order recommendations and implementation of nutrition therapy, education and counseling for disease and nutrition risk management, and evaluation of outcomes of medical nutrition therapy interventions. Additionally includes optimization of self-management education and skills in the care of clients with chronic conditions. Ability to recognize, evaluates, and provide for nutritional needs based on cultural, ethnic, and religious beliefs. Evaluates treatments or procedures for effectiveness using an evidence-based approach. Works on nutrition care protocols for the assigned area and acts as leader for the health care team in the implementation of the nutrition therapies. Educates on diet according to disease state, medical condition and health risk. Incorporates new trends and techniques as necessary to design care plan and update standards of care educational material. Assists in tailoring clinical education and associated materials for use with clients/patients/residents, families and caregivers. Performs quality control and maintains a high standard in relation to infection control mechanisms for safety. Aware and conscious of individual's insurance coverage and reimbursement circumstances, and participates in clinical performance improvement activities, including research that tests new treatments or procedures for clinical evidence of outcomes. Sanford Health, one of the largest health systems in the United States, is dedicated to the integrated delivery of health care, genomic medicine, senior care and services, global clinics, research and affordable insurance. Headquartered in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, the organization includes 44 hospitals, 1,400 physicians and more than 200 Good Samaritan Society senior care locations in 26 states and nine countries.

Requirements

Minimum of a bachelor’s degree in dietetics or food and nutrition through an Accreditation Council for Education in Nutrition and Dietetics (ACEND) accredited program. (After January 1, 2024, the ACEND requires anyone taking the registration exam to become a dietitian have a master's degree. Prior to January 1, 2024, individuals qualifying to take the registration exam need to have the minimum of a bachelor's of science degree in dietetics.)
Clinical nutrition experience through an approved coordinated undergraduate program or successful completion of post graduate internship required.
Currently holds Registered Dietitian (RD) license within the applicable state(s).
Registered by the Commission on Dietetic Registration (CDR) required.
For applicable states, proof of a temporary/limited permit nutritionist license will be considered for registry eligible individuals in the event they are waiting to test for their CDR.
Individuals will be allowed two exam attempts within three months of hire into their position.

Responsibilities

Plans, develops, and provides diet interventions, medical nutrition therapy, nutrition care and preventive counseling to individuals and groups in all areas of primary and specialty patient care, out-patient, and/or community settings.
Provides medical nutrition therapy services and monitors nutritional care of adult and geriatric clients as assigned.
Determination of nutritional status through nutritional assessment, individualized care plans, provider order recommendations and implementation of nutrition therapy, education and counseling for disease and nutrition risk management, and evaluation of outcomes of medical nutrition therapy interventions.
Optimization of self-management education and skills in the care of clients with chronic conditions.
Ability to recognize, evaluates, and provide for nutritional needs based on cultural, ethnic, and religious beliefs.
Evaluates treatments or procedures for effectiveness using an evidence-based approach.
Works on nutrition care protocols for the assigned area and acts as leader for the health care team in the implementation of the nutrition therapies.
Educates on diet according to disease state, medical condition and health risk.
Incorporates new trends and techniques as necessary to design care plan and update standards of care educational material.
Assists in tailoring clinical education and associated materials for use with clients/patients/residents, families and caregivers.
Performs quality control and maintains a high standard in relation to infection control mechanisms for safety.
Aware and conscious of individual's insurance coverage and reimbursement circumstances, and participates in clinical performance improvement activities, including research that tests new treatments or procedures for clinical evidence of outcomes.